Salinas Municipal Code § 36-13 Owner responsible for costs

No person except city employees or contractors directly employed by the city who are authorized to do so by the director shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenances thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the director. A building sewer permit shall be obtained before installing a building sewer or connecting one to the public sewer.

(Ord. No. 1870 (NCS), § 3.)

Final approval for a sanitary sewer permit is contingent upon the compliance with requirements of the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency (MRWPCA).

(Ord. No. 2102 (NCS).)

All dischargers into the sanitary sewer shall comply with all the discharge requirements of the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency.

(Ord. No. 2102 (NCS).)

All costs and expense incident to the installation, connection and maintenance of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the city from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.

(Ord. No. 1870 (NCS), § 3.)

A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every lot except that joint use of building sewers may be permitted at the discretion of the director for developments, such as condominiums, where provisions have been made for joint maintenance by all owners served.

(Ord. No. 1870 (NCS), § 3.)

Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found on examination and test by the director to meet all requirements of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 1870 (NCS), § 3.)

The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing the pipe, jointing, testing, backfilling of the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the city plumbing code and the city design standards and standard specifications currently in effect at the time of installation. Permits for building sewers which do not conform in design to the plumbing code may be granted if the plans have been approved by the city engineer/public works director.

(Ord. No. 1870 (NCS), § 3.)

Whenever possible the building sewer shall be brought to the building at the elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is less than thirty inches higher than the invert of the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer, or the building drain shall include a check valve maintained by the owner.

(Ord. No. 1870 (NCS), § 3.)

The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the city building and plumbing code has currently in effect and to the city design standards and standard specifications currently in effect. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Since the connections are required to be gastight and watertight, infiltration of tree roots into a building sewer lateral are presumed to be caused by improper installation and shall be repaired by the property owner or responsible individual at no cost to the city, regardless of whether the building sewer is located on public or private property.

(Ord. No. 1870 (NCS), § 3; Ord. No. 2102 (NCS).)

The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the director and the chief building official when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made during the presence and under the inspection of the chief building official or their representatives.

(Ord. No. 1870 (NCS), § 3; Ord. No. 2102 (NCS).)

All excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. The permittee shall agree to assume responsibility for any public liability or property damage which may result from the work. Street, sidewalks, parkways, or other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in accordance with the design standards and standard specifications currently in effect. Permits for building sewers shall also be considered as encroachment permits as required in other sections of the city code.

(Ord. 1870 (NCS), § 3.)